CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSSCaptain Barrows served as the Marine commander aboard the USS St. Louis. On 15 August 1942, he was detached from the cruiser at Kodiak, Alaska, and the following day boarded a Navy transport (R4D-1 01989) bound for Seattle.

The aircraft, assigned to VR-2, never arrived at its destination; other pilots reported stormy weather and icing conditions along the route.

No trace of the crash site, or the remains of Captain Barrows and his fellow victims, has ever been found.